Etymology
From Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”); see apt. Compare attitude, which is a doublet of aptitude.
Noun
aptitude (plural aptitudes)
- Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
- The condition of being suitable.
Synonyms
Translations
natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- Bulgarian: дарба (bg) (darba), способност (bg) (sposobnost)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 才能 (cmn) (cáinéng), 才幹 (cmn), 才干 (cmn) (cáigàn), 資質 (cmn), 资质 (cmn) (zīzhì)
- Dutch: aanleg (nl)
- Finnish: kyky (fi)
- German: Begabung (de) f
- Hebrew: כשרון, כושר (he) (kisharon, kosher)
- Japanese: 才能 (ja) (さいのう, sainō), 素質 (ja) (そしつ, soshitsu), 物覚えの早さ (ja) (ものおぼえのはやさ, monooboe no hayasa), 出来の良さ (ja) (できのよさ, deki no yosa)
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- Korean: 소질 (ko) (素質, sojil), 재능 (ko) (才能, jaeneung)
- Norwegian: begavelse (no) m
- Portuguese: aptidão (pt) f
- Russian: склонность (ru) (sklónnostʹ) f , способность (ru) (sposóbnostʹ) f , одарённость (ru) (odarjónnostʹ) f , предрасположенность (ru) (predraspolóžennostʹ) f
- Serbo-Croatian: sklonost (sh), sposobnost (sh), obdarenost (sh), nadarenost (sh), talent (sh)
- Spanish: aptitud (es) f, capacidad (es) f
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the condition of being suitable
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